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Indonesia
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497-007
USAID MISSION: Indonesia
PROGRAM TITLE: Democratic Reform (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Democratic Reforms Sustained and Deepened, 497-007
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $8,000,000 DA; $16,000,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $7,500,000 DA; $23,500,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1998 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2004Summary: Amid multiple social, economic and political crises, Indonesia is struggling to consolidate its fragile democracy. As head of the world's largest Muslim country, President Megawati Sukarnoputri is attempting to build a stable democratic government out of an uneasy coalition of secular and Muslim political parties, a task complicated by heightened religious tensions in the post-September 11th world. Responding to this uncertain environment, USAID provides assistance in support of USAID's Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance pillar. This program includes technical assistance, training, and grants to-
- support nongovernmental organization (NGO) efforts to facilitate citizen participation in government and public advocacy;
- help Indonesians develop effective, sustainable programs in human-rights monitoring, conflict prevention, religious/ethnic tolerance, and enhancing local government accountability and citizen participation;
- develop an independent media;
- strengthen competitive and transparent political processes through development of the national Parliament, local legislatures, political parties, and electoral institutions;
- combat the trafficking of women and children; and
- reform and strengthen justice sector institutions.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will use FY 2002 funds for technical assistance and training to: 1) strengthen 90 national and local NGOs to independently analyze key reform issues and promote effective advocacy in human rights, basic education, anti-corruption, labor rights, conflict prevention, and trafficking; and to collaborate effectively with government while preserving their role as independent watchdogs. Responding to September 11, the program will expand the conflict prevention and mitigation activities of two dozen civil society partners that promote religious and ethnic tolerance; 2) strengthen an independent media reporting on critical reform issues, corruption, and conflict; 3) support political parties as they prepare for the 2004 elections by developing issue-oriented platforms, establishing internal democracy and stronger linkages to constituents, and reducing reliance on "money politics"; 4) help the national Parliament and local legislatures on constitutional and electoral reforms to develop new internal procedures and capacities, to strengthen oversight of the executive branch and access to the public; and 5) strengthen formal legal institutions and work with civil society organizations to promote public access to information on judiciary and legal reform. These programs are carried out in coordination with USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives' (OTI) activities in Indonesia. FY 2002 activities will also include promoting increased interfaith tolerance and cooperation through programs with local NGOs, the media, and moderate Islamic groups, and building the capacity of local parliaments to respond to immediate challenges of the new decentralization program.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID proposes to use FY 2003 resources to 1) continue to provide technical assistance to advocacy-oriented civil society organizations with proven performance records; 2) continue grant support to civil society organizations focused on human rights, conflict prevention, basic education, anti-corruption activities, and programs promoting the rights of disadvantaged groups including trafficked women and children; 3) continue to build the capacity of key national and local government institutions, particularly in the justice sector; 4) support free and fair elections in 2004 through an independent and credible election administration and adjudication body, public opinion surveying, voter education, poll worker training, and public information; 5) shift political party support to issue-oriented and nonviolent campaigning and poll worker training in preparation for the elections; and 6) build the capacity of legal institutions to advocate rule of law reforms with civil society support.
The planned FY 2003 program includes funds from USAID's conflict prevention initiative.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: The passage of the Special Autonomy Law for Papua, initiated by USAID-supported NGOs, represents a potential breakthrough in the search for a lasting solution to separatist conflict there. Assistance to civil society organizations and to the constitutional drafting committee of the national Parliament produced an amendment to the 1945 constitution, including an agreement to introduce direct presidential elections, a key civil society demand across the country. A formal civic education course introduced values of human rights, gender, pluralism, and religious tolerance to students in 46 faith-based and secular schools; and public discussions on "Islam and Democracy" have been extended to public affairs television programs.
Parliament is playing a new assertive role, currently discussing over 100 new draft laws. USAID support has significantly enhanced government transparency. Parliament has conducted "fit and proper" tests for election commissioners and Supreme Court judges, a first for officials seeking public office. Use of Internet technologies to share information and increase community participation in governance is giving citizens access to critical public information and promoting debate. USAID has helped new associations of city and district legislatures begin to advocate on behalf of their members in the national dialogue over decentralization. For the first time, with assistance from USAID's indigenous civil society partners, local and national legislators have begun to reach out to constituents to solicit citizen views on specific policies and general government performance.
More than 20 USAID-assisted moderate Islamic organizations are promoting messages of tolerance in the post-September 11 environment. Principal Contractors, Grantees, and Agencies: Chemonics (prime) and CARE (sub), National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute, Asia Foundation, American Center for International Labor Solidarity, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Internews, Institute for Strengthening Participation, Initiative and Partnerships in Civil Society (YAPPIKA), Institute for Study of Free Flow of Information (ISAI), PACT, Center for Electoral Reform (CETRO), and Yayasan Science, Esthetics, and Technology (SET).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
497-007 Democratic Reforms Sustained and Deepened DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 94,587 12,825 Expenditures 78,406 5,471 Unliquidated 16,181 7,354 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 7,935 14,771 Expenditures 15,550 3,014 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 102,522 27,596 Expenditures 93,956 8,485 Unliquidated 8,566 19,111 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 8,000 16,000 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 8,000 16,000 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 7,500 23,500 Future Obligations 0 0 Est. Total Cost 118,022 67,096
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